17 Week Appointment

The appointment went so well. The u/s tech lady was going through her regular procedure and right when she went to measure my cyst I saw the numbers and I knew that it got bigger. I was NOT excited about that - but she kept browsing.

She asked me if she could see the sex if I wanted to know and I told her yes. Well I saw it - It was fading in and out b/c the baby was moving around and she didn't want to say anything for sure but I said "It's a boy isn't it" and she said "well it looks like it but I wouldn't go decorating a room off of it because we didn't get a really good shot" - So she went around taking pictures of the rest of the baby and then came back to it and got a great open leg shot (which I didn't get a copy of that picture - but that's ok cause I will get one next time) and it's DEF a boy!!!

I just knew it!!! I was starting to think it was a girl there for a while but it's kinda like taking a test - You have a good guess and then out of nowhere you pick a different answer...and you end up being mad at yourself b/c the first answer you picked was right. I was starting to think it was a girl - but I knew better then to switch my decision and sure enough!!!

Then I went in to see the doctor - She gave me the bad news. She said that the cyst had gotten bigger (it's 6 inches in diameter right now!!) and she gave us some options - She didn't push anything on us. She told us that if it were to burst then I would hemorrhage because cyst's have lots of veins that run through them. I asked her if the surgery would be laproscopic and she said probably not - If she were to do it today she said that she would straight up cut into me because it's too big and she doesn't want to make it burst while she is in there with the scope. There are the advantages and disadvantages of both. She told us that she will make her decision on how she wants to do it on the day of the surgery. Laproscopic surgery would be outpatient which would be nice but after I got to thinking it might not be a good thing. I want to stay in the hospital and have them monitor the baby so in-case anything goes wrong I'm already there! So more then likely she is going to make a big incision and is going to take it out and I will be in the hospital for 3 days and then I will have a recovery period of 6 weeks. For the first 2 weeks I'm not supposed to do anything at all.

I'm not nervous about it or anything. I know that it's the right decision and I have TOTAL confidence in my doctor!! This won't be the first time that she has done it!!

Lorenzo was going to take leave starting tomorrow just to waste some days - but turns out he is going to need them, lol, so he went to work today to change his chit and take off for a whole week afterwards - and my mom is going to come down and help for the next week. So all will be well!!